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Applying pediatric lipid guidelines to adolescents might result in more than 400,000 additional young adults taking statins.

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, MBA, PhD, of Community Care of North Carolina, talks about how accountable pharmacists are for quality.

Laurie Apelian Phillips, of Saint Barnabas Medical Center, talks about what prompted her to attend Directions in Pharmacy's 5th annual CE conference.

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, MBA, PhD, of Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC), talks about what CCNC does to improve coordination of care.

Pharmacy Times today joins with Cash Wise Pharmacy, Bashas' and Good Neighbor Pharmacy as it expands its Strategic Alliance Partnership (SAP) program. Sister publication Specialty Pharmacy Times added Avita and Biologics to its roster of strategic alliances.

Aetna was fined for the significant disruption to patients and community pharmacists that occurred in early 2015 as a result of its inaccurate representation of "in-network" pharmacies in some plans.

Mylan has launched the first generic version of the chewable contraceptive.

Pharmacists' below-cost reimbursements undermine medication access.

Individuals who struggle with public speaking, social situations, or customer service interactions could benefit from a new wearable technology devised by the University of Rochester's Human-Computer Interaction Group.

Rarely is a prescription written for U-500 insulin that doesn't require clarification from a pharmacist.

Well-trained pharmacists can successfully screen patients for COPD in the community setting.

The owner of a brick-and-mortar pharmacy has been arrested for allegedly operating an Internet pharmacy that illegally distributed medications.

Following a state alcohol tax hike in 2009, the number of fatal alcohol-related vehicle crashes in Illinois decreased by 26%.

While effective coordination during a patient's transition from hospital to home can improve outcomes, the process is frequently hindered by poor communication between hospital clinicians and primary care providers.

Despite a 39% decrease in age-specific mortality rates, deaths related to cardiovascular disease increased by 41% globally between 1990 and 2013.

Actavis is seeking FDA approval for its generic version of Gilead Sciences' Letairis pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment.

Pharmacists' opinions are highly regarded among their patients and fellow health care professionals.

Dodson will be located at Astellas' global headquarters for its Medical and Development functions in Northbrook, Illinois.

The collaboration includes uniQure's proprietary gene therapy program for congestive heart failure.

Have you ever wondered what role pharmacists can play in treating animals?

The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists Board of Directors and the American Pharmacists Association House of Delegates have issued statements discouraging pharmacists from preparing or dispensing products used for lethal injections.

Any intervention that significantly improves difficult, disabling depressive symptoms could improve quality of life for bipolar patients.

The FDA has outlined the type of studies opioids need to complete to win approval for abuse-deterrence.

Readmission rates among patients with heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and pneumonia increase when psychiatric illness is also present.

A New York pharmacist was sentenced to 3 years in prison and will have to pay more than $7 million in restitution for his scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and an AIDS program.

Pharmacists are positioned to educate and monitor older patients who are discharged on these medications.